Proteus infections

General: Gram-negative bacilli found in water, soil, and 232j97c decaying organic substances.

Ocular: Conjunctivitis; keratitis; corneal ulcers; endophthalmitis; panophthalmitis; dacryocystitis; gangrene of eyelid; uveitis; hypopyon; paralysis of seventh nerve.

Clinical: Cutaneous infection after surgery; usually occurs as a secondary infection of the skin, ears, mastoid sinuses, eyes, peritoneal cavity, bone, urinary tract, meninges, lung, or bloodstream; meningitis; intracranial subdural and epidural empyema; brain abscess; intracranial septic thrombophlebitis affecting cavernous/lateral sinuses.

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